NTPC group companies done record breaking power generation in Q1 FY 23

NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation group companies achieve over 21.7 % growth in power generation in Q1 FY 23. The companies recorded generation of 104.4 BU in the first quarter from April to June 2022. It is an increase of 21.7 % from 85.8 BU generated in the corresponding quarter last year. In the month of June 2022 , generation was 34.8 BU, higher by 29.3 % compared to 26.9 BU in June 2021 indicating improved performance and an increase in demand for power in the current year.

Orissa's NTPC Talcher Kaniha (3000 MW) is the best performing thermal power plant with 94.2% Plant Load Factor(PLF) between April to June 2022. Talcher Super Thermal Power Station or NTPC Odisha is located in Angul district of Odisha. It is a coal based Power Plant with the capacity of 3000 MW. The beneficiary states from this power plant are : Odisha, Bihar, Sikkim, Assam, Tripura and Damodar Valley Corporation, WB, Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka, TN and Pondicherry.

NTPC is expanding its footprint in business areas like green hydrogen, waste to energy and e-mobility. India's largest power producer is also aiming 10% reduction in net energy intensity by 2032. NTPC has become India's first energy company to declare its energy compact goals as part of the UN High Level Dialogue on Energy (HLDE).

Apart from power generation NTPC has diversified into producing energy through cleaner and greener sources such as hydro, wind and solar and also green hydrogen solutions. The power major has also sacked into a variety of business areas inclus=ding fuel cells, e-mobility and waste to energy. The total installed capacity of the company is 69,134.20 MW having 23 coal based, 7 gas based, 1 hydro, 19 renewable energy projects. Under joint venture NTPC has 9 coal based, 4 gas based, 8 hydro and 5 renewable projects.

List of coal based power stations

With 23 coal based power stations, NTPC is the largest thermal power generating company in the country. The company has a coal based installed capacity of 48,120 MW.

Here is a list of 23 coal based power stations of NTPC.

1. Singrauli - Uttar Pradesh
2. Korba - chhatisgarh
3. Ramagundam - Telangana
4. Farakka - West Bengal
5. Vundhyachal - Madhya Pradesh
6. Rihand - Uttar Pradesh
7. Kahalgaon - Bihar
8. Dadri - Uttar Pradesh
9. Talcher Kaniha - Odisha
10. Feroze Gandhi, Unchahar - Uttar Pradesh
11. Simhadri - Andhra Pradesh
12. Tanda -  Uttar Pradesh
13. Sipat - Chhatisgarh
14. Mouda - Maharashtra
15. Barh - Bihar
16. Bongalgaon - Assam
17. Kudgi - Karnataka
18. Soolapur - Maharashtra
19. Lara - Chhatisgarh
20. Barauni - Bihar
21. Gadarwara - Madhya Pradesh
22. Khargone - Madhya Pradesh
23. Darlipali - Odisha

Here is a list of 23 coal based joint ventures/subsidiaries NTPC.

1. Durgapur - West Bengal
2. Rourkela - Odisha
3. Bhilai - Chhatisgarh
4. Kanti - Bihar
5. IGSTPP, Jhajjar - Haryana
6. NTECL, Vallur - Tamil Nadu
7. Nabinagar, BRBCL - Bihar
8. Meja - Uttar Pradesh
9. Nabinagar, NPGC - Bihar

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